How do you determine the degree of a term?

By finding the "point total", 0 for numbers, 1 for exponets, and for exponets with a power you use the number on the op

How do you determine the degree of a polymonial?

You split it into terms, then take degree the highest term and that's the degree OF THE WHOLE POLYNOMIAL.

Something Intersting (and It's Key):

Numbers are Zero degrees
Varibles w/out exponets are One degrees
Exponets have what ever the exponet is equal to.